Manipulating Media

June 14, 1986

ONCE AGAIN the news media strike out in their unrelenting campaign against the Ku Klux Klan. I read the Sentinel's article of May 27 headlined ''New breed of racists spews hate.'' I was not surprised. The media hide the truth from the public.

I am not a member of the White Patriot Party, but I know that the general information you printed on the Klan is false. One case in point: You refer to the cross-illumination ceremony as a cross burning. This is false. It is a sacred rite among most Klan groups. It signifies the fact that Jesus Christ is the light of the world. ''For every one that doeth evil hateth the light. . . .'' -- John 3:20. No sign represents the white Western Christian civilization better than the illuminated cross.

Because the news media have failed to report the truth on this as well as many other issues, the news media have been banned nationwide from all rallies held by the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.